--Silver Screen and Roll chalked the Lakers' victory as a "pretty standard win for these Los Angeles Lakers, starting asleep, putting on a run to seemingly destroy any prospect of losing, yet then again very nearly losing the lead on the tail end. Nevertheless, it beats yesterday. Yawn. Playoffs, here we come."

More Lakers links

--The Times' Mark Heisler warns that any reports saying LeBron James will be going to (fill in the blank) after this season are all false, saying James won't make a decision until the NBA Finals are over.

--Among Fox Sports'5 NBA Thoughts of the Week, one of them includes the prediction that the Lakers will stay on top in the Western Conference.

Reader Comment of the Day: "I can't get over the moon for a game against a band-aid torn version of the Rockets, but I certainly appreciated the vision on court after the débacle of the previous day." -- ZairaAmaterasu

-- Mark Medina

Photo: Kobe Bryant vies for a loose ball with Houston's Jermaine
Taylor. Bryant's nine assists against the Rockets on Saturday night were
two more than the Lakers had as a team in a 91-75 loss to Oklahoma City
a night earlier. Credit: Dave Einsel / Associated Press